Polling underway for Mangaluru City Corporation

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November 12, 2019

Mangaluru, Nov 12: The polling for Mangaluru City Corporations is underway amidst tight security arrangements.

Elected representatives were among the early birds at the polling booths when the voting commenced at 7 a.m. It will be closed at 5 p.m. At 11 am the polling turnout was 24.50%.

There are 180 candidates contesting for 60 seats in the Corporation, including 82 women candidates. As per the revised reservation list announced by the government, 29 out of 60 wards are reserved for women. As many 18 wards are reserved for women in the general category, eight for BCM (A) women, two for BCM (B) women and one for an SC woman.

While the Congress has fielded 29 women in the reserved wards, BJP has 31, JD(S) and CPM have 3 each, SDPI 2, WPI and CPI have 1 each. In addition, 12 independent women candidates are in the fray.

There were 495 teams with four personnel each for polling duty. As many as 37 teams have been kept reserve in case of emergency. As many as 448 D Group staff have been deployed for polling.

Officer Gayathri Nayak said, “As many as 61 KSRTC buses and eight other vehicles were used to ferry the polling personnel from the mustering centre to the polling booths. Wheelchairs have been arranged polling booths wherever it was necessary. All the booths will have three rows – for men, women and senior citizens and sick – for the voters to stand in a queue to exercise their franchise.”

There are 3,87,517 voters in the MCC jurisdiction – 1,99,989 male voters, 1,87,465 female and 63 transgenders. There are 448 polling booths, with use of 601 ballot units and control units for polling.

Elaborate security arrangement is in place for peaceful polling. There are 75 critical and 373 normal booths.

Eight check posts have been opened wherein night picketing and patrolling will be carried out. One head constable and one Home Guard are deployed for critical booths, while normal booths have been given one police constable or a Home Guard.

Two DCPs, four ACPs, 12 police inspectors, 32 sub-inspectors, 511 head constables or constables and 193 Home Guards have been deployed.

In addition, five platoons of KSRP, 10 platoons of CAR and two units of Rapid Action Force have been deployed to maintain law and order.

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Coronavirus scare in Karnataka puts 71 under watch; schools on alert

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March 4,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 4: With details of the Bengaluru links of the Covid-19-positive patient from Hyderabad emerging, state health authorities on Tuesday got down to tracking any infection trail he may have left behind before heading home.

Schools from southeast Bengaluru asked parents to send students with masks and hand sanitizers or keep them at home if they had fever. Medical shops in Bengaluru reported panic buying of masks and hand sanitizers.

Two persons with no symptoms — the Hyderabad man’s flatmate in city, and a colleague — reported at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases and put under watch at the isolation ward. Their test results are expected on Wednesday.

The authorities tracked down 71 people who had come in contact with the Hyderabad man and put them under surveillance. The 24-year-old techie had travelled to Dubai for work on February 15 and returned to Bengaluru on February 20. He attended work on February 20 and 21 before taking a bus to Hyderabad. His flat has been sealed for sanitizing.

According to Telangana officials, at least 36 of the 88 people who came in contact with the techie are showing some symptoms of Covid-19.

Contrary to reports, the infected person was not tested at the KIA since guidelines don’t say flyers from Dubai must be screened. WHO guidelines say identification of the infected person should not be revealed. However, WhatsApp groups were flooded with messages on where the infected person lived and details of his flatmate.

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Karnataka Public Service Commission reprimanded for holding information back

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June 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) was reprimanded for withholding information, sought by a candidate regarding an examination held in 2005 for Gazeted Probationary posts, by the State Information Commissioner here on Thursday.

According to official sources, the State Information Commissioner NP Ramesh, while disposing off a petition by the candidate, who had written an examination conducted by the KPSC for the gazeted probationary posts held in 2005, had directed to provide the information sought by the candidate, free of costs within ten days.

The State Information Commissioner in his order had termed the conduct of the KPSC as against the spirit of transparency among the public authorities.

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Mangaluru: Thousands travel from Ullal to join anti-CAA protest in Kasba Bengre

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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Thousands of people today boarded boats from Ullal's Kotepura to join a massive protest against the amended Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Kasba Bengre, here.

People traveling through boats and steamers decorated with national flags, raised slogans during their journey through the river.

The innovative mode of transportation was used by the protestors to reach the venue, as it not only saved time but was also more convenient for the fishermen, a large number of people from this community joined the protest.

The protestors docked their boats at the shore and reached the venue chanting slogans of azadi.